Faux Pecan Pie

This sounds like a fabulous recipe; it's from Southern Plate.
http://www.southernplate.com/2011/11/faux-pecan-pie.html
To quote: "This is a fun recipe to feed people. At first glance, it looks like a pecan pie and folks usually don’t take a second glance before digging in for a bite and telling you how good it is."

Coconut and Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie:

1 15 oz. can sweet potaoes drained and mashed
3/4 cup mashed pumpkin
2/3 cp sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup coconut milk
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup sweetened coconut flakes

Preheat oven to 350. Combine mashed sweet potatoes, pumpkin, sugar, eggs, coconut milk, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and salt. Whisk until smooth. Sprinkle 1/2 cup coconut flakes into the bottom of cooled piecrust. (May use cookie crumb crust as well.) Gently pour pumpkin mixture over coconut. Bake on baking sheet until filling is set, 60 to 65 minutes.
While pie bakes, place remaining 1/2 cup coconut in nonstick skillet and stir over medium heat until lightly
brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Let cool.
When pie is done, immediately sprinkle with cooled toasted coconut and let cool for 1 hour. Then chill at least 3 hours before serving.

Ingredients
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter (melted and cooled)
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups pretzels (crushed)
3 tablespoons butter , melted
2 tablespoons sugar
1 deep dish pie shell , unbaked
Directions:
1.Beat eggs and add sugar, butter, corn syrup and vanilla. Mix well.
2.Pour into unbaked pie shell.
3.Set aside.
4.Pretzels, butter and sugar are ingredients for topping.
5.Place pretzels in a plastic and crush using a rolling pin. DO NOT PULVARIZE.
6.Mix melted butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
7.Empty crushed pretzels into bowl with butter and sugar and mix well to coat pretzels.
8.Put pretzel mixture on top of pie filling.
9.Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
10.Cool before slicing.
11.NOTE: Buy twisted pretzels rather than straight. (twisted pretzels more closely resemble chopped pecans).
12.Margarine may be used instead of butter but taste will not be as good.

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